महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-101, verse-30

तीक्ष्णवीर्यास्तु भूतानां दुरालम्भाः सकण्टकाः ।
रक्तभूयिष्ठवर्णाश्च कृष्णाश्चैवोपहारयेत् ॥३०॥

30. tīkṣṇavīryāstu bhūtānāṁ durālambhāḥ sakaṇṭakāḥ ,
raktabhūyiṣṭhavarṇāśca kṛṣṇāścaivopahārayet.

30. tīkṣṇa-vīryāḥ tu bhūtānām dur-ālambhāḥ sa-kaṇṭakāḥ
rakta-bhūyiṣṭha-varṇāḥ ca kṛṣṇāḥ ca eva upahārayet

30. tu bhūtānām tīkṣṇa-vīryāḥ dur-ālambhāḥ sa-kaṇṭakāḥ
ca rakta-bhūyiṣṭha-varṇāḥ ca eva kṛṣṇāḥ upahārayet

30. Indeed, one should offer those [plants] that are intensely potent towards living beings, difficult to acquire, thorny, and predominantly red or even black in color.

Words meanings summery:

• तीक्ष्ण-वीर्याः (tīkṣṇa-vīryāḥ) - intensely potent (having sharp potency, intensely potent)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - towards living beings (for harming them) (of living beings, of creatures, of spirits)

• दुर्-आलम्भाः (dur-ālambhāḥ) - difficult to acquire (difficult to seize, difficult to obtain/handle)

• स-कण्टकाः (sa-kaṇṭakāḥ) - thorny (with thorns, thorny)

• रक्त-भूयिष्ठ-वर्णाः (rakta-bhūyiṣṭha-varṇāḥ) - predominantly red in color

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• कृष्णाः (kṛṣṇāḥ) - black (in color) (black (ones), dark (ones))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - even (indeed, only, certainly)

• उपहारयेत् (upahārayet) - one should offer/use for offerings (one should offer, one should cause to be presented)

Words meanings and morphology

तीक्ष्ण-वीर्याः (tīkṣṇa-vīryāḥ) - intensely potent (having sharp potency, intensely potent)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tīkṣṇa-vīrya

tīkṣṇa-vīrya - of sharp power or potency, intensely potent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tīkṣṇa+vīrya)

• tīkṣṇa – sharp, pungent, strong
  adjective
• vīrya – potency, power, virility, strength
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to `oṣadhyaḥ` (plants).

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - towards living beings (for harming them) (of living beings, of creatures, of spirits)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - creature, being, spirit, element, past

Past Passive Participle

from bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

दुर्-आलम्भाः (dur-ālambhāḥ) - difficult to acquire (difficult to seize, difficult to obtain/handle)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of durālambha

durālambha - difficult to seize or obtain, difficult to approach

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dur+ālambha)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
  prefix
• ālambha – taking, seizing, acquiring, support
  noun (masculine)
  from ā-labh (to take, seize)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Refers to `oṣadhyaḥ`.

स-कण्टकाः (sa-kaṇṭakāḥ) - thorny (with thorns, thorny)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sakaṇṭaka

sakaṇṭaka - thorny, spiny, with thorns

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+kaṇṭaka)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  prefix
• kaṇṭaka – thorn, prickle
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to `oṣadhyaḥ`.

रक्त-भूयिष्ठ-वर्णाः (rakta-bhūyiṣṭha-varṇāḥ) - predominantly red in color

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rakta-bhūyiṣṭha-varṇa

rakta-bhūyiṣṭha-varṇa - predominantly red in color, having mostly red color

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rakta-bhūyiṣṭha+varṇa)

• rakta – red, dyed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from rañj (to color)
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• bhūyiṣṭha – most numerous, predominant, very much
  adjective
  Superlative of bahu (much)
• varṇa – color, tint, caste
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to `oṣadhyaḥ`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects `rakta-bhūyiṣṭha-varṇāḥ` and `kṛṣṇāḥ`.

कृष्णाः (kṛṣṇāḥ) - black (in color) (black (ones), dark (ones))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - black, dark, dark-blue

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects `kṛṣṇāḥ` with `eva`.

एव (eva) - even (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

उपहारयेत् (upahārayet) - one should offer/use for offerings (one should offer, one should cause to be presented)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of upahṛ

Causative Optative

Causative (P.P. `hṛ` -> `hārayati`) in Optative 3rd person singular. 'Cause to offer/present'.

Prefix: upa

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Causative form.